Supreme Court of Arkansas

Carter v. State

February 26, 20152015 Ark. 57

Summary

The court reversed the denial of Carter's motion for postconviction DNA testing and remanded for an evidentiary hearing. It held that the record did not conclusively establish a defective chain of custody, that newer DNA technology rebutted the statutory presumption of untimeliness, and that the motion was not barred as a successive petition because it sought testing technologies not raised previously.